Vocabulary Term/Concept: Spectroscope

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Found definitions: “An optical device for producing and observing a spectrum of light or radiation from any source, consisting essentially of a slit through which the radiation passes, a collimating lens, and an Amici prism.” – www.Dictionary.com

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Your own definition: A device that can create and see colored light

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Illustration: http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/groundup/lesson/basics/g23/graphics/g23_spectroscope.gif


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Part of speech
Noun

Word root(s)
spec--: look at

Prefix/suffix
Spec–: look at
trop–: turn; change
scope: device for seeing

Related words
Spectrum
Spectroscopic
Spectra